Tag: bus

12 Poles Killed, 31 Injured in Croatia Bus Crash

VARAZDIN, Croatia—Twelve people were killed and 31 injured, 18 of them seriously, when a Polish bus filled with religious pilgrims slipped off a road and crashed near Varazdin in northwestern Croatia early on Saturday, authorities said. Police, firefighters, and medical teams were deployed to the site of the accident that occurred at 5:40 a.m. near…


Bus in California Goes Off Highway and Crashes, Injuring 24

TULARE, Calif.—A bus traveling from Los Angeles to Fresno crashed after it went off a highway, broke through a chain link fence and came to a rest on its side in a parking lot, injuring 24 people, authorities said Thursday. The driver of the Greyhound Bus suffered major injuries in the crash before dawn Wednesday…


Military Dad Runs Into Burning RV to Save Kids Before It Explodes; Family Still Recovering

Warning: This article includes images that some readers may find disturbing. The Copeland family is making every minute count. For Kyle and Whitney Copeland and their four children, time together is their most valuable treasure. They have spent years moving with the military, seeing Kyle through a brain injury in 2016, and now are recovering from…


Easter Holiday Bus Crash in Eastern Zimbabwe Takes 35 Lives

MUTARE, Zimbabwe—A bus carrying worshippers traveling to an Easter pilgrimage in mountainous eastern Zimbabwe plunged into a gorge, killing 35 people in the early hours of Friday. The bus was overloaded with 106 passengers and veered off the winding road near Chimanimani and hurtled into a deep ravine, police said. The crash happened near the…


2nd Bus Carrying Illegal Immigrants Arrives Near US Capitol

A second bus carrying illegal immigrants from Texas arrived in Washington on April 14. The bus arrived at approximately 4:30 a.m., according to footage captured by Fox News, about 28 hours after the first one. The second bus stopped on First Street, one block from Union Station, to let the passengers off. U.S. Capitol Police…


Truck Hits Tourist Bus in Egypt, Kills 10 Including 4 French

CAIRO—A tourist bus collided with a truck on a highway in southern Egypt and burst into flames on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people, including four French citizens and a Belgian national. Five Egyptians were also killed in the crash, authorities said. The crash happened on a highway about 43 kilometers (27 miles) south of…


American Airlines Is Getting Into the Bus Business

By Kyle Arnold From The Dallas Morning News Watch out for American Airlines buses on a road near you—at least for drivers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Fort Worth-based American Airlines has inked a deal with bus company Landline to replace some short-hop connecting flights to Philadelphia International Airport from Allentown, Pennsylvania, and Atlantic City,…


Students Steer School Bus to Safety After Driver Collapses

TOPSHAM, Maine—A group of Maine middle and high school students grabbed the wheel of their school bus Monday morning when their driver suffered a fatal medical condition, steering the vehicle to safety while another classmate attempted to administer first aid to the stricken driver. Topsham Police Chief Marc Hagan thanked the students for their quick,…


Bus Full of Ukrainian Refugees Overturns in Italy; One Woman Dead

ROME—A bus carrying Ukrainian refugees overturned on a major highway in northern Italy at dawn on Sunday, killing a young mother, Italian firefighters and news reports said. Italian state TV said there were also five people injured, but none of the injuries was serious, in the crash on the A14 highway near Forli’, a town…


CDC Grant Program Spends $5,000 Per Shot to Convince Minorities to Get COVID-19 Vaccine

GAINESVILLE, Fla.—Fleets of specially equipped, federally funded buses are rolling into targeted areas with the mission of convincing people to get the COVID-19 vaccine and giving the jabs on the spot to the newly persuaded. Under a $6 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), teams in six states have worked…